parr

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”). For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the old English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.

noun

  1. Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
  2. A young leveret.

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